Thursday, 3 September 2015

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast...goes live!

A hint was made some time ago that a podcast was in the works. Well,
finally, it’s made its way into the world. It’s an odd little child
which will need time to grow and gain a form that will serve a role in
the contemporary Buddhist landscape. For now, it’s an experiment: an
attempt to share conversations between two long-term Buddhists that have
not been particularly good at towing the line and doing the normal
Buddhist thing. In this podcast we mix banter, uncompromising discussion
and down-to-earth enquiry on all manner of topic related to Western
Buddhism. The first episode is short and sweet, offering an
introduction to the hosts, the podcast and the direction we intend to
take. It is only about five minutes long so it’s probably best
considered a mini episode. There are now four episodes up and our first interview will go live very soon. There's been lots of interest and our episode on cults has really blown up.

Ultimately, this podcast plans to go where
other Buddhist podcast fear to tread. As non-experts, and not being
Buddhist teachers, we enjoy the sort of freedom that lends itself to
uninhibited discussion of the sorts of topics often avoided by others in
the Buddhist world. As with any successful podcast project, it will be
as much for our own pleasure and curiosity as for the wider community.
There exists a clear line of tension between these two and we will
explore that line as the series goes on. We hope that some of you will
enjoy accompanying us as we explore and experiment. If you have
suggestions on potential guests who are unknown, drop us a line.

Finally, for now, episodes can be listened to and downloaded from soundcloud. We also have a dedicated Facebook page and Twitter feed where comments can be made, criticisms can be given and compliments are welcome too. Enjoy.

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I'm a Life Coach, Core Shamanic Counsellor and meditation teacher to boot. I also teach English in Trieste, Italy. I follow a non-traditional expression of Buddhism and also run occasional events over the border from Trieste in Slovenia on Shamanism. Email me if you're curious about any of these activities.

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This blog started out as an experiment. It continues to be such to this day. The opinions you will find in these pages are my own, and like all material on this Earth, are subject to change due to that hidden factor of impermanence.

This blog started out as an experiment. Writing is an art and one which I am only now starting to develop any capacity in. All of my writing constitutes a learning process in the presentation of ideas, opinions and experience. I am no expert, but I am doing my best to develop and learn from each piece I publish.

This blog started out as an experiment. I've no idea where it will end up. I explore Buddhist and Shamanic themes in this blog. Both areas which interest a fairly small percentage of Western society. Therefore this blog is quite specialist. It goes one step further by not representing any particular tradition in either of these spiritual arenas, although I have grounding in two shamanic worlds; one a path, the other an approach to counselling. My experience of Buddhism is primarily within the Tibetan and Theravada traditions.